Year 9 Civics and Citizenship Vocabulary Quiz

A Political Party is

• A celebration you have on election night

• An individual with political goals and opinions, with the purpose of getting elected

• Labor, Liberal and The Greens

• A group of people with similar political goals and opinions with the purpose of getting candidates elected

The definition of "Citizenship" is

• The legal status of being a citizen of a country or place

• The illegal status of being a citizen of a country or place

"Election" is

• A movie starring Cameron Diaz

• A formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political position

Democracy is defined as

• A system of government in which the people have no power to determine how they will be ruled or managed

• A crazy demonstration

• A system of government in which the people have the power to determine how they will be ruled or managed

A "campaign" is when

• Political parties have an organized effort of advertising and other tactics to influence the decision of voters before an election

• Politicians go camping

• A person enrolled to vote notifies the electoral commission that they have changed address

In Australia an electorate is

• When the country has an election

• A designated area that is represented by an elected member in parliament

• A person who gets to elect the leader

Voting is defined as

• A formal choice between two or more candidates

• When you can't make a decision

Interests groups are groups of people who seek to influence government about a particular common interest, for example the environment

• True

• False